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Cinderella on Ice

It's a show worth seeing for the thrilling athletic grace the cast brings to the sophisticated choreography

The Snowman

Pretty, curving designs exude a cosy charm that is complemented by Howard Blake's light and melodic score

Manon

Step up to enjoy Edur and Oaks taking their special relationship one step farther in Kenneth MacMillan's stunning ballet

Morris dancing fears death from embarrassment

Ageing guardians of ancient rural rites launch recruitment campaign among newer generations to bring in fresh blood

The best dance, theatre and opera of spring

Our critics select the shows to look out for in 2009, from Calendar Girls to English Touring Opera's The Magic Flute

Dance - our picks for 2009

Anniversary celebrations lead the way in the year to come

The Nutcracker

If The Nutcracker at Covent Garden is a treat, other seasonal fare is more uneven

A Life in the Day: Edward Watson, ballet star

The 32-year-old bad boy of the Royal Ballet who pirouettes to his own tune

I didn’t get where I am today without...

Darcey Bussell, 39, ballerina

The Thief of Baghdad

Will Tuckett’s fun children’s show is a story within a story designed to purvey a message that kids of today will understand

Strictly voters are led a merry dance by BBC

Votes from Strictly Come Dancing viewers were held over after a mathematical quirk rendered one contestant's votes void

Sleeping Beauty, Snowman and Scissorhands - the Sunday Times reviews

Our correspondent is put in a festive mood by a splendid Sleeping Beauty, Snowman and Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of Tim Burton’s film is one of the biggest and brightest of this season’s cultural ornaments

School of Dance

A dance class that starts as a comic turn but becomes a serious rhythm work-out reinvigorates the fun of the dancefloor

Cirque de Glace

Creation story on ice is as flashy as Las Vegas and a huge change of pace for ice show specialists Wild Rose, but fun

The Sleeping Beauty

All that glitter is nearly gold in the English National Ballet's revival of Kenneth MacMillan's ravishing ballet

Digging the dancing queen

To some she is the queen of mean who saw off John Sergeant, but Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has a softer side

Ondine - the Sunday Times review

We are swept away by a revival of Ondine at Covent Garden — and thrilled but exhausted by a tap star and a Giselle remix

Ondine

A worthy 50th-anniversary attempt to revive Ashton's three-act ballet is let down by the gloomy score and dated designs

G

G's choreography seems to be in service to itself with any allusion to Giselle merely a kind of conceptual accessory